Gender differences in legal outcomes of filicide in Austria and Finland

Amon, Sabine; Putkonen, Hanna; Weizmann‐Henelius, Ghitta; Arias, Paula Fernandez; Klier, Claudia M.

doi:10.1007/s00737-018-0867-5

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“…However, several studies have reported aggressive behavior against intimate partners [60,61] and children [62] in individuals with a borderline personality disorder. Another study found that filicidal mothers, compared to fathers, were more subject to compulsory psychiatric hospitalization than to incarceration [63]. We published a report of two cases of filicide and attempted filicide, both with the diagnosis of schizophrenia [64].…”

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Violent behavior by involuntarily committed female offenders with mental disorders: A population‐based case series

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Moraes

Meyer

et al. 2020

Journal of Forensic Sciences

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The goal of the current study was to investigate the socio‐demographic, psychiatric, and criminological characteristics of female violent offenders with mental disorders involuntarily committed to a forensic psychiatric hospital. The present study was a population‐based retrospective case series including all female offenders with mental disorders found not guilty by reason of insanity by the criminal courts in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and involuntarily committed to a forensic psychiatric facility (n = 27). Patients were assessed with Structured Clinical Interview for DSM‐IV Axis I Disorders and the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale. We found that most offenders were Afro‐Brazilian, uneducated unmarried women. Schizophrenia with active psychotic symptoms was the most common clinical condition. Relatives were the frequent victims of aggressive behavior. Most patients had already been diagnosed with a mental disorder and placed under psychiatric treatment, but poor adherence and treatment dropout were common. Violent behavior in psychiatrically ill female patients is associated with a specific socio‐demographic and clinical profile and is thus potentially amenable to prevention particularly if the mental health and social services are to provide the much‐needed support for economically, socially, and psychologically vulnerable women.

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confidence: 99%

Violent behavior by involuntarily committed female offenders with mental disorders: A population‐based case series

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Moraes

Meyer

et al. 2020

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“…Fourth, filicidal women have a less extensive criminal history than men (Eriksson et al 2016;Lysell et al 2014;Putkonen et al 2011;Sidebotham and Retzer 2018;Wilczynski 1997). Finally, several studies have noted a markedly different perception and legal treatment of men and women who killed their children (Amon et al 2018;Flynn et al, 2013;Wilczynski, 1997). Women are treated more leniently; they are less likely than men to be prosecuted, less likely to be convicted of murder, receive shorter sentences, and are more likely to receive a psychiatric disposal rather than a custodial sentence.…”

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An Examination of the Mental Health and Negative Life Events of Women Who Killed Their Children

Poteyeva

Leigey

2018

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Research on filicide, the killing of a child by a biological or a de facto parent or parents, has largely focused on mothers. However, little is known about how filicidal women compare to filicidal men or whether they differ from women who commit non-filicide murder. The study explores pre-incarceration negative life events and mental health histories of women incarcerated for filicide as compared to men incarcerated for the same offense and women who were incarcerated for non-filicide murder. Extensive gender differences in filicidal parents were found in terms of economic marginalization, physical and sexual abuse, mental health problems. Filicidal women had more mental health problems and lower monthly income than women incarcerated for non-filicide murder, but there were more similarities than differences detected between the two groups of female offenders. The paper concludes with policy recommendations.

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“…She was also involuntarily committed. A study [32] found that filicidal mothers, compared to patricidal daughters, received more sentences of involuntary hospitalization than incarceration, as illustrated by this case.…”

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Matricide, parricide, and filicide: Are major mental disorders or personality disorders involved? Assessment of criminal responsibility in Brazilian cases

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Oliveira

Telles

et al. 2021

Journal of Forensic Sciences

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Violence committed by individuals with severe mental disorders has become a growing focus of interest among physicians, law enforcement officials, and the general population. Homicide involving relatives, specially parricide, matricide, and filicide, despite the relatively low incidence of these crimes, may be enigmatic, so forensic psychiatrist are frequently called on the courts to answer questions about insanity and criminal responsibility. The current study aims to describe Brazilian cases of parricide, matricide, and filicide associated with presence of major mental disorders and personality disorders, discussing the assessment of criminal responsibility in each case. The case series described were specifically related to people with mental illness, as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and borderline personality with comorbidity of drug abuse. Two of them were considered not guilty by reason of insanity, and the other one was considered partially criminally responsible, according to Brazilian Law and Forensic Psychiatric Reports of the cases. The justice determined compulsory psychiatric treatment for all of them. The question of criminal responsibility of individuals with mental disorders is challenging for criminal justice, psychiatry, and society. Adequate treatment is mandatory to prevent crimes involving mental disorders, as shown in literature. The verification of criminal responsibility is essential for persons' adequate referral in any system of criminal law, thus protecting human rights and referring those who need psychiatric treatment.

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Gender differences in legal outcomes of filicide in Austria and Finland

Cited by 14 publications

References 37 publications

Violent behavior by involuntarily committed female offenders with mental disorders: A population‐based case series

Violent behavior by involuntarily committed female offenders with mental disorders: A population‐based case series

An Examination of the Mental Health and Negative Life Events of Women Who Killed Their Children

Matricide, parricide, and filicide: Are major mental disorders or personality disorders involved? Assessment of criminal responsibility in Brazilian cases

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